Switch-lantern



(No Model.)

G.'L. ESTBS. SWITCH LANTERN.

No. 461,824. Patented Oct. 27, 1891.

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GEORGE LINCOLN ESTES, OF ROCHESTER, NEV YORK.

SW ITCH-LANTERN.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 461,824, datedOctober 27, 1 891.

Application filed September 8, 1890. Serial No. 364,299. (No model.)

To all whom it may con/cera:

Be it known that I, GEORGE LINcoLN EsTEs, a citizen ot' the UnitedStates, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Switch-Lantern, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to switch-lanterns such as are commonly used uponswitchstands; and it has for its object to construct a lantern which maybe securely mounted upon the switch-stand and which shall be cushionedby means of a suitable spring, so as to obviate the danger of the lampbeing 'broken or injured when exposed to the sudden and severe jarringcaused byrapidly-passing trains.

VVith this end in view the invention consists in the improvedconstruction, arrangeinent, and combination of parts, which will behereinafter fully described, and particnlarly pointed out in the claim;

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure l is a Vertical sectional .viewof a lamp equipped with my improvements. Fig. 2is a horizontal sectionalview taken on the 'line 2 2 in Fig. 1.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

1 designates the lamp body or casing,within which is arranged the lamp2. The casing is provided in the usual manner with lenses Directly underthe botton 5 of the lantern-l ,casing is arranged a plate 6, having' adownwardly-extending collar 7. In the lower end of the latter isinounted a Vertically-mov- 'able bnshing 8, between the upper end ofwhich and the under side of the lamp-bottom is arranged a spring-cushion9, which may consist of an ordinary coiled spring, a rubber spring, or acompound spring of any desired construction. The sliding bushing S isconnected with the collar 7 by means of a setscrew 10, extended througha Vertical slot 11 in the said collar, which said slot is of suficientlength to admit of a Vertical inovement of any desired extent. Thebushing' 8 has a rectangular central opening 12, whereby it is adaptedto be'mounted upon the switch-stand, and it will be seen that by simplytightening the set-screw 10 the point of the latter Will engage thesupporting-arm of the switchstand, and thus secure the lamp in positionupon the latter.

The operation of my invention and its ad- Vantages will be readilyunderstood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with thedrawings hereto an nexed. The lamp, it will be observed, is practicallysupported upon the spring-cushion 9. Hence in the event of any Suddenjar the said spring will yield and the la'inp will be subjected to noinjury nor to the danger of being extinguished, as frequently happenswith switch-lamps of ordinary construction.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- The combination of thecollar having' a Ver- 'tical slot, the bushing mountedv slidingly insaid collar and having` a rectangular central opening, a set-screwextending transversely through the side of said bushing, working in theslot in theicollar, and adapted to secure the bushing to its support,and aspring arranged in the collar between the bushing and the bottoinof the lainp-casing, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony Ithat I claiml the foregoing as my own Ihave hereto affixedniy signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE LINCOLN'ESTES.

Witnesses:

JosEPH GIBsoN, LYMAN F. WILDER.

